Table 3. No. of nurses who completed each task correctly.
Scenario | Nurse tasks | No. of correct responses (10 nurse participants) |
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Scenario 1: Listen to sign-over from outgoing nurse regarding 2 patients, Mr. Gusterson and Mr. Milankovic, and answer questions about each | Task 1a: Which of the following tasks need to be completed before giving report to the ICU on Mr. Gusterson? | 10 |
Task 1b: Which of the following medications does Mr. Milankovic still need to receive? | 10 | |
Scenario 2: Review and plan next tasks for each of their own patients | Task 2: Please rank your three patients in order of severity of illness (Who do you need to go see first?) | 8 |
Scenario 3: A nurse on your team has asked you to watch over her patients as she's pulled away to an emergency. Review these patients' charts and answer the ranking question | Task 3: Please rank the three patients you are watching in order of severity of illness (Who do you need to go see first?) | 9 |
Scenario 4: Other nurse is back. Review Mr. Milankovic's chart and answer the prioritization question | Task 4 (qualitative): Identify a priority of nursing care for Mr. Milankovic. (What needs to be done next?) | 10 |
Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.